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Really? I think he was pretty intimidated as he you know, ran away (which is a smart thing to do) as oppose to going back and taking Hisoka on (which is a brave but stupid thing to do). If he hadn't gone back for Leorio, there is a strong possibility that he will have the same fate as the other guy (Cherry?) who ran away too.

As for him blocking Hisoka's attack, it's kind of meh. It's just a straight-on simple attack like his (Hisoka's) attack on Satotz OR Gidou's straight on attack to Gon last episode. As I've already seen how cool Satotz caught the cards barehanded, Kurapika blocking the cards pales in comparison (w/c made me forget that he did that). Also, since Kurapika has superhuman qualities too like Gon (acute hearing, fast reflex) and he already seen Hisoka's attack early on, he should not have trouble blocking a "simple" attack like that. But I guess since this occurred real early in the manga, it's kind of cool to many.

Personally, Kurapika's attitude in the Hunter exam prior to the 4th segment comes across as an arrogant, know-it-all, indecisive (lack conviction) bugger with a tragic past; but hey, at least he's not emo. No offense to the Kurapika fans.

That being said, he was the one who changed the most during the Hunter exam. IMO

I started to like Kurapika after next arc. He become much stronger and more interesting despite being emo. He has the qualities that Sasuke never did and never will have.

HxH revamped gets mixed reactions from people who saw the original. The original release wasn't bad at all. It followed the manga thoroughly. Cutting off important scenes of the manga and inserting annoying fillers that retell the last 12 episodes? Plain annoying. Less see how it lasts? The original stopped before Greed Island arc. They'll at least get to the spiders I know that from the ending.

I was actually surprised how much I was focused on the episode before the fight, despite very little actually happening. All they did was learn about another aspect of Nen for more than half an episode but I didn't even know that much time had passed until I checked. In a way I was kinda disappointed but when that fight took off all that disappointment just vanished. I have to admit that this show handles the plot really well, especially in this arc. I'm still not 100% behind the characters but Gon is no longer the unbearable little "Do-no-wrong" brat that I first thought he was.

I still don't like the clown though. I've never liked typical "I want to see you develop" type villains and this one is has so far been about as typical as they come. He is good plot-wise, since he's that perfect type of overpowered villain that makes it awesome when the main character actually does well against him (Like we saw in this episode). But his character still sucks. And I always get peado vibes from him, especially this episode...

I'm a bit confused about Leorio's situation though. The way Gon was relieved he clearly thought there was nothing to worry about with Leorio, but as far as I can see if he's too preoccupied with medical school then how is he going to learn Nen and pass the secret exam? I felt a bit of a dissonance there.

But whilst Gon's fight with Hisoka is interesting and all, i would like to see more Kurapika and Leorio right now. It looks like Kurapika found a Nen master himself and I thought there was going to be more focus on him so I'd like to see him in a bit more action.

I'm a bit confused about Leorio's situation though. The way Gon was relieved he clearly thought there was nothing to worry about with Leorio, but as far as I can see if he's too preoccupied with medical school then how is he going to learn Nen and pass the secret exam? I felt a bit of a dissonance there.

Gon is relieved because Leorio is following his dream of becoming a doctor. But yes, there's a bit of a dissonance. What this episode fails to mention is that Leorio plans to study nen after the medical exam, something the manga and 1999 version do mention.

First, the studio went back to use the Nen intro. I guess it's because the episode focuses on the final lesson and though it would be more fitting.

And since Madhouse has proven how excellent they are with the nen lessons, it does it again here with the Hatsu types and character analysis. The background used in the hatsu types scene was from the manga.

The turns for the Water Divination scene was by Rock-Paper-Scissors. That was not how it's done in the anime. The anime gave us dates for the training the same way they did with the previous episode.

Hisoka didn't wear that weird outfit we see in the manga. Instead........................................... ....

The final Water Divination scene was done different. In the manga it was Gon first and Killua second. The anime made it to be Killua first, Zushi second and Gon last. The manga didn't show Zushi's progress and I wanted to see it in the anime and they did fulfill my wish. Oh, and the glass did shatter in the manga. That was not an added touch by the studio to make it cool.

Then comes the graduation scene. The music gave it a somewhat mysterious mood about this secret exam. However, it got better and more heartwarming when they were talking about the others.

This scene wasn't included.

And now the moment we've all been waiting for. Gon x Hisoka. Their entry to the arena was so cool and is so pro-wrestling with the fire, the spotlights, the lasers and the smoke.

We got to see Hisoka's bonererectionjoygasm excitement scene. The background caption was done the same as the effects from the manga.

The fight starts, and the animation is superb! A lot has speculated and weren't sure if Madhouse was capable of giving us super animation fitting for the fights, and we can say this is where they put their effort in. Unfortunately, I can't show it to you with my still shots.

The fight was spot on like the manga, but they added this move.

The final moment was excellent. They kept Hisoka's thoughts on Gon whereabouts, as well as adapting Anime Law #3 - "Law of Dramatic Multiplicity" that says "Scenes that only happen once are seen at least 3 times from 3 different angles". As well as the silence afterwards. And by silence I don't mean no music, no. I mean no sound at all! This shows us how great of moment it is!

9.5/10

So wrong... SO... WRONG...!!!

Spoiler for Episode 35 - Old vs New:

Episode 41:
The hatsu lesson and water divination were in episode 41, right after the gyo lesson. In the manga, it was after the defeat of the Evil Trio. No major differences here, except the water was pouring normally in Gon's turn instead of trickling, and Zushi's leaf was staggering instead of little wiggles. A negative note here is the scene transition between the three turns. It was terrible the way they did and how it suddenly cuts with the nen vibration sound. And no rock-paper-scissors game either.

The old anime gave us a filler scene where Gon visits Wing on his own to show him his progress as well as asking him permission to fight Hisoka. Side note here, Wing tells Gon that he mastered water divination as if it was a special skill. That's not how it was meant to be in the manga.

Hisoka didn't have that outfit in the old anime either, but at least he got something on...!

Episode 44:
The results of the training were in episode 44, that's after Gon's fight with Hisoka and not before as the manga. The graduation scene was also after the results, but the old anime decided to make it after the final fight and was made as a real epilogue to the arc. And if you asked me, I liked it better. It had more emotions between the characters than the manga and the new anime.

The old anime didn't show this scene as well.

Episode 41:
Before going, Gon tries to tell Killua something ((after spanking his @$$)). This scene was not in the manga.

Hisoka's bonererectionjoygasm excitement scene wasn't depicted as the manga, but you can still see "something" extends from him...!

The fight starts, and here's the first problem: The old anime kept using the same sound effects over and over again without any differentiation. As if the sfx library is so poor they don't have much variety in sound effects!

Some differences in the attacks. In the manga, Gon wasn't able to dodge Hisoka's rising kick, and his elbow strike hit Gon's chest instead of his face.

Animation recycling with visual effects

Hisoka's feint attack was a little different. In the old anime it came from underside instead of straight forward.

Gon didn't act as immature as here.

When Gon was trying to trick Hisoka, he moved fast in a way he created afterimages. In the old anime, he just delivers a punch before going to rip the stone tile off the floor.

The old anime made Gon punch the tile before kicking it. The manga and the new anime made him use the one kick only.

In the manga, Hisoka was wandering in his mind on Gon whereabouts. The old anime didn't show us that. In my opinion, this is important and it shows that Gon did indeed had Hisoka there and wasn't a lucky shot.

Overall, the fight was indeed nicely animated, but the changes in events and the technical issues made it lower in rates.

Great episode. The animation was fantastic. I was actually expecting the episode to end before the fight actually started. I'm glad it didn't turn out that way.

Hisoka really is creepy. Way more then he needs to be.

As for people thinking about Leorio, I don't even know why he's still considered to be a main character. He got access to the money, and now he can become a doctor and start helping people. His story is finished. What more does he need to do?

I still don't like the clown though. I've never liked typical "I want to see you develop" type villains and this one is has so far been about as typical as they come. He is good plot-wise, since he's that perfect type of overpowered villain that makes it awesome when the main character actually does well against him (Like we saw in this episode). But his character still sucks. And I always get peado vibes from him, especially this episode...

Agree this type of villain troupe has been done before, but Hisoka is given a pedo/sexual predator angle for it so I think there's enough twist to this shounen troupe to make him not so typical. At least I remember back when this character was written in 1998, it was shocking and really out there back then to see the typical shounen manga's "obsession with fighting" idea get eroticized (and people wondered how Togashi could get away with stuff like that in Jump). Maybe this idea got rip off over the years now so you just think it's 'typical'. The pedo vibes came from his preoccupation with the unriped 'green fruit' (basically jailbait), that just fighting someone powerful alone isn't enough, but the anticipation process of an unriped, young powerful fighter further gave Hisoka that extra arousal. I thought while it's totally mess up, it's rather genius characterization. Hisoka is written in ways that's full of sexual puns from the very beginning, from the names of his skill (Elastic Love), to the deliberate poses (you'll find phallic shapes in his poses/hand gestures), to the dialogues (the word choices he used to refer to killing/fighting are on the lines of 'doing/banging you')

As for people thinking about Leorio, I don't even know why he's still considered to be a main character. He got access to the money, and now he can become a doctor and start helping people. His story is finished. What more does he need to do?

He's far from finished. The anime messed up when it failed to mention that he plans to study Nen after the exams...or maybe they don't intend to get that far and decided to ignore this fact.

I found it kind of strange that Specialist is "in the hexagon" at all, given it's the "none of the above" category. I guess this system is designed to allow for villains to have really weird powers while discouraging (especially) Gon from doing the same. Of course, "hard" doesn't exactly mean "impossible"...